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aCTA Board of Directors will take a similar action shortly thereafter. Once there is policy agreement on the major aspects of the system design, the public involvement work will turn to refining various aspects to answer specifically "how" this system will be integrated into the community, This will involve considerable public discussion on a very localized basis on the exact mitigations, community enhancements and operating parameters, While much of this (Le. precise operating hours, for example) may be better determined later, the community and political leaders will want to know such things as: . Precise location and amount of parking . Station size, scale, color and aesthetic aspects . Security and graffiti prevention plans, etc. . Noise/visual impacts and mitigation Some level of policy and budget commitment on these items will be needed before city councils and aCTA Board members enthusiastically proceed to construction. To achieve this, an in- depth round of facilitated design workshops will be conducted through a partnership of the city and aCTA staff. aCTA Board members and local city leaders will be very visible to the community during this process, These workshops would ask participants to focus on gaining consensus on what elements or features are necessary to ensure that The Centerline integrates with and serves the local community, Topics will includes specific public concerns about local issues-Le, school access, aesthetics, scale of stations, parking, etc and other project aspects. By integrating these results from the public involvement program with engineering work product, the aCTA Board can be assured that the recommended elevation, route, and light rail vehicle type (Le, the basis for the detailed engineering) has widespread community support. The last step will be to finalize the EIS/R, including a mitigation plan, and circulate it for public review, Public review should commence in June 2003 and conclude by August 1, 2003, including City Council actions. The aCTA Board could take final action and certify the EIR by September 15, 2003, aCTA will conduct at least one public hearing on this document. Attachments: Attachment A - Key Stakeholders List Attachment B - Action Plan Attachment C - Map of Proposed Alignment